I’ve read nearly all of these essays.

If expanded to 15 using the same standards as those 10 choices, I’d add “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates; “Mother Earth Mother Board” by Neal Stephenson; “Green Screen: The Lack of Female Road Narratives and Why it Matters” by Vanessa Veselka; “Our Secret” by Susan Griffin; and “We Must Risk Delight After a Summer Full of Monsters” by Molly Crabapple.

If it were to add one from before 1950, I’d include “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White.

Any to add?

Essays are my favorite form of writing, by the way, and also the most difficult in my opinion.